Kolomenskoe estate

This is a former residence of Russian Tzars and princes, located in the outskirts of the city. In the XVI century Kolomenskoe was a favorite estate of the Great Prince Vasily III and then - of his son Ivan the Terrible. The oldest building in the Estate is the unique Church of Ascension, built in 1532. The church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist became a prototype of St. Basil`s Cathedral at the Red Square.